Brethren, let us speak plainly now... ONLY LOVE CAN SAVE US NOW.... . . .SO BROTHER, SO SISTER, . . . LET US BEGIN ~tONY COVENANT OF BLOOD rise up awaken from your knees hold your head to the sky I command you stretch your wings and prepare for flight it is time victory will be ours let us fill the skies to defend the gates of heaven open your black eyes it is time we will wade in the blood of our fallen foes I promise you; redemption the prophets have spoken the seal of mental death has been broken in the shadow of deceit the spirit of the black man has been woken sound the horns- I command you be thou reborn as their omega shall be our alpha let our women procreate let our offspring flourish free and true strong and wise we will cut clean the heads of those would cast a wicked eye on our rightful prize on your feet winged brethren let us fill the skies FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS FORUM WHICH YOU HAVE INEVITABLY CREATED YOURSELVES. I AM SPEAKING OF THE GENEROUS ACT OF RELAYING YOUR THOUGHTS, BELIEFS, AND PERSONAL FEELINGS, OPENLY, FOR ALL TO PONDER AND HOPEFULLY DISCUSS. WE WILL NOT DISRESPECT, SHUN OR HOLD ONE ANOTHER IN NEGATIVE REGARD BECAUSE OF OUR UNIQUE BELIEFS AND PATTERNS OF THOUGHT. I MUST TELL YOU THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR……. THE DINNER OF DECEPTION, RAMADAN, AND THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST REMINDS ME OF A NOTION I ENTERTAINED WHILE SKETCHING WHAT WAS SOON TO BE A FAMILY CREST; “THE SEVENTH ELEVATION”. AS MOST OF YOU SHOULD REMEMBER, THE SYMBOL IS DIRIVITIVE OF AN EGYPTIAN GLYPH THAT SYMBOLIZES LIFE-ENERGY. USED, IN IT’S TIME, AS A TOOL FOR HEALING COMMUNICATING, DETECTING AND TRANSMITTING VIBRATIONS OF ENERGY WHICH RESONATE FROM ALL LIVING CREATURES. THIS SYMBOL HAS 6 PARTS, WITH THE NON-PRESENT SEVENTH SYMBOLIZING THE BIRTH, OR HARVEST FROM FRUIT OR SEEDS OF THOUGHT. THERE ARE ALSO 7 PRINCIPLES OR ELEVATIONS THAT I’VE INCORPORATED ON MY OWN; 1-FAITH 2-SINCERETY 3-SACRIFICE 4-HONOR/LOYALTY 5-DIVERSITY 6-COMPRIMISE & 7-GRACE LEVELS I BELIEVE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO BRING US TOGETHER TO ENLIGHTEN US AND ALLOW US TO TRANSCEND THE HORRORS OF OUR PAST AND THE PLIGHT OF OUR PRESENT. I ADOPTED THIS SYMBOL BECAUSE IT CAME FROM, INNARGUABLY, THE NATION OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE, OUR PEOPLE, GREAT PEOPLE OF GREAT REGARD FOR THE EARTH AND THE SUN. PEOPLE OF HIGH MELANIN, AND DARK SKIN, WHO WHERE IN TIME “TRANSMIGRATED” BY SOCIETIES OF PEOPLE WHO LACKED THE COLLECTIVE PROPENSITY FOR TOLERANCE, INTEGRATION OR PEACE. THEY FORCED THEIR RELIGION ON US AS A MEANS OF CONTROL…… REPLACING OUR OLD/LOST WAYS. “CHRISTIANITY BECAME ENTRENCHED IN NORTH AFRICA EARLY. IT WAS THERE WHEN ISLAM MADE IT’S APPEARANCE IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY AND THE TWO GREAT FAITHS ENGAGED IN LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF THAT AREA. CHRISTIANITY WAS PRACTICALLY UNKNOWN UNTIL THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY WHEN THE PORTUGUESE BEGAN TO ESTABLISH MISSIONS IN THAT REGION. CHRISTIANITY WAS A STRANGE RELIGION THAT TAUGHT EQUALITY AND BROTHERHOOD AND AT THE SAME TIME INTRODUCED ON A LARGE SCALE THE PRACTICE OF TEARING PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOME AND TRANSPORTING THEM TO A DISTANT LAND TO BECOME SLAVES.” (FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM-A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS:DR.JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN & DR. ALFRED A. MOSS JR. {CHPT. 2 PG.27}) AFTER YEARS OF PONDERING OUR HISTORY ON THIS CONTINENT, I HAVE COME TO A GREAT OVERSTANDING OF OUR PEOPLE AND OUR CONDITION. WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR TRADITIONS; EASTER, VALENTINES, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS….. EVEN IF IT IS DISRESPECTFUL, IN NATURE, TO WHO WE ARE. WE WANT TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS EVEN THOUGH THE MEANING IS LOST,EVEN THOUGH IT’S NOT THE CORREECT DAY CHRIST WAS BORN, EVEN THOUGH IT LEAVES NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE FOR COLORED PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA- BUT A SACRILIGIOUS DAY OF SLAUGHTER TO TREES, LIES TO CHILDREN, DECORATING GRAVEN IMAGES, EMPTY POCKETS AND THE UNCOMFORTABLE CONFRONTATION WITH RELATIVES WHOSE COMPANY YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE IN. BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION IS HOLLOW, IT IS FOR SOMEONE ELSE. IT IS NOT FOR US. YOU WILL NEVER FIND A JEWISH PERSON AT A HOLOCAUST PARTY, OR A KOREAN AT AN ENOLA GAY COMEMMORATION. WHY? RESPECT MUST BE DEMANDED. IT WILL NOT BE HANDED TO YOU…………. I USED TO SAY, “LONG AS WE’RE ALL TOGETHER AS FAMILY, WHO CARES?” NOT ANYMORE- I CARE IF A FAMILY CAN’T TAKE THE TIME TO COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE A PURPOSE THAT DIRECTLY APPLIES TO US, HIGHLIGHTING THE FUNDAMENTAL NECESSITIES OF OUR COHESION AND SURVIVAL, THEN THER IS SOMETHING FAR WORST AT PLAY THEN HOLLOW TRADITIONS. SO LET US NOT SPEAK ON THINGS WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT, LET US SHARE WHAT CAN BE PROVEN. THIS YEAR WE ARE CELEBRATING KWANZAA IN OUR HOUSE. IT BEGINS ON DEC. 26 AND LASTS FOR SEVEN DAYS. KWANZAA MEANS “FIRST FRUITS” AND IS CENTERED UPON SEVEN PRINCIPLES. THE FIRST BEING “UMOJA” WHICH IS UNITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING RIGHT NOW! KWANZAA IS CELEBRATED BY LIGHTING ONE OF THE SEVEN CANDLES FOR EACH DAY AND PRINCIPLE, FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF THAT PRINCIPLE. THE CANDLE SYMBOLIZES THE ENLIGHTENMENT WE RECEIVE FROM ONE ANOTHER DURING DISCUSSION “IT MATTERS NOT YOUR RELIGION, THIS IS A CULTURAL HOLIDAY THAT IS OBSERVED GY PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS. THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES, OR “NGUZO SABA” IS INTENDED TO RESCUE AND RECONSTRUCT OUR “LOST” HISTORY AND “STOLEN” HUMANITY”. (THE AFRICAN- AMERICAN HOLIDAY OF KWANZAA: DR. MAULANA KARENGA{P.32}) CERTAINLY WE WILL DO WHATEVER MAKES US HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE, BUT BE CAREFUL, WHAT YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH. ALL IS NOT AS IT SHOULD BE. DARK/ HOLLOW TRADITIONS LEAVE NO ROOM FOR A HANDICAPPED PEOPLE TO GROW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST ~tony ...the best you can is good enough. PLEEZ VISIT THE GUESTROOM AND LEAVE SOMETHING OF THE HAPPINESS YOU BRING... Email: timeless1028@aol.com
LOVE
CAN
SAVE
US
NOW....
. . .SO
BROTHER,
SO SISTER, . . .
LET US BEGIN
~tONY
rise up awaken from your knees hold your head to the sky I command you
stretch your wings and prepare for flight it is time
victory will be ours let us fill the skies to defend the gates of heaven open your black eyes it is time
we will wade in the blood of our fallen foes I promise you; redemption
the prophets have spoken the seal of mental death has been broken in the shadow of deceit the spirit of the black man has been woken
sound the horns- I command you be thou reborn as their omega shall be our alpha
let our women procreate let our offspring flourish free and true strong and wise we will cut clean the heads of those would cast a wicked eye on our rightful prize
on your feet winged brethren let us fill the skies
THE DINNER OF DECEPTION, RAMADAN, AND THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST REMINDS ME OF A NOTION I ENTERTAINED WHILE SKETCHING WHAT WAS SOON TO BE A FAMILY CREST; “THE SEVENTH ELEVATION”. AS MOST OF YOU SHOULD REMEMBER, THE SYMBOL IS DIRIVITIVE OF AN EGYPTIAN GLYPH THAT SYMBOLIZES LIFE-ENERGY. USED, IN IT’S TIME, AS A TOOL FOR HEALING COMMUNICATING, DETECTING AND TRANSMITTING VIBRATIONS OF ENERGY WHICH RESONATE FROM ALL LIVING CREATURES. THIS SYMBOL HAS 6 PARTS, WITH THE NON-PRESENT SEVENTH SYMBOLIZING THE BIRTH, OR HARVEST FROM FRUIT OR SEEDS OF THOUGHT. THERE ARE ALSO 7 PRINCIPLES OR ELEVATIONS THAT I’VE INCORPORATED ON MY OWN; 1-FAITH 2-SINCERETY 3-SACRIFICE 4-HONOR/LOYALTY 5-DIVERSITY 6-COMPRIMISE & 7-GRACE LEVELS I BELIEVE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO BRING US TOGETHER TO ENLIGHTEN US AND ALLOW US TO TRANSCEND THE HORRORS OF OUR PAST AND THE PLIGHT OF OUR PRESENT.
I ADOPTED THIS SYMBOL BECAUSE IT CAME FROM, INNARGUABLY, THE NATION OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE, OUR PEOPLE, GREAT PEOPLE OF GREAT REGARD FOR THE EARTH AND THE SUN. PEOPLE OF HIGH MELANIN, AND DARK SKIN, WHO WHERE IN TIME “TRANSMIGRATED” BY SOCIETIES OF PEOPLE WHO LACKED THE COLLECTIVE PROPENSITY FOR TOLERANCE, INTEGRATION OR PEACE. THEY FORCED THEIR RELIGION ON US AS A MEANS OF CONTROL…… REPLACING OUR OLD/LOST WAYS.
“CHRISTIANITY BECAME ENTRENCHED IN NORTH AFRICA EARLY. IT WAS THERE WHEN ISLAM MADE IT’S APPEARANCE IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY AND THE TWO GREAT FAITHS ENGAGED IN LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF THAT AREA. CHRISTIANITY WAS PRACTICALLY UNKNOWN UNTIL THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY WHEN THE PORTUGUESE BEGAN TO ESTABLISH MISSIONS IN THAT REGION. CHRISTIANITY WAS A STRANGE RELIGION THAT TAUGHT EQUALITY AND BROTHERHOOD AND AT THE SAME TIME INTRODUCED ON A LARGE SCALE THE PRACTICE OF TEARING PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOME AND TRANSPORTING THEM TO A DISTANT LAND TO BECOME SLAVES.” (FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM-A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS:DR.JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN & DR. ALFRED A. MOSS JR. {CHPT. 2 PG.27})
AFTER YEARS OF PONDERING OUR HISTORY ON THIS CONTINENT, I HAVE COME TO A GREAT OVERSTANDING OF OUR PEOPLE AND OUR CONDITION. WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR TRADITIONS; EASTER, VALENTINES, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS….. EVEN IF IT IS DISRESPECTFUL, IN NATURE, TO WHO WE ARE. WE WANT TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS EVEN THOUGH THE MEANING IS LOST,EVEN THOUGH IT’S NOT THE CORREECT DAY CHRIST WAS BORN, EVEN THOUGH IT LEAVES NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE FOR COLORED PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA- BUT A SACRILIGIOUS DAY OF SLAUGHTER TO TREES, LIES TO CHILDREN, DECORATING GRAVEN IMAGES, EMPTY POCKETS AND THE UNCOMFORTABLE CONFRONTATION WITH RELATIVES WHOSE COMPANY YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE IN. BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION IS HOLLOW, IT IS FOR SOMEONE ELSE. IT IS NOT FOR US.
YOU WILL NEVER FIND A JEWISH PERSON AT A HOLOCAUST PARTY, OR A KOREAN AT AN ENOLA GAY COMEMMORATION. WHY? RESPECT MUST BE DEMANDED. IT WILL NOT BE HANDED TO YOU………….
I USED TO SAY, “LONG AS WE’RE ALL TOGETHER AS FAMILY, WHO CARES?”
NOT ANYMORE- I CARE IF A FAMILY CAN’T TAKE THE TIME TO COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE A PURPOSE THAT DIRECTLY APPLIES TO US, HIGHLIGHTING THE FUNDAMENTAL NECESSITIES OF OUR COHESION AND SURVIVAL, THEN THER IS SOMETHING FAR WORST AT PLAY THEN HOLLOW TRADITIONS.
SO LET US NOT SPEAK ON THINGS WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT, LET US SHARE WHAT CAN BE PROVEN.
THIS YEAR WE ARE CELEBRATING KWANZAA IN OUR HOUSE. IT BEGINS ON DEC. 26 AND LASTS FOR SEVEN DAYS. KWANZAA MEANS “FIRST FRUITS” AND IS CENTERED UPON SEVEN PRINCIPLES. THE FIRST BEING “UMOJA” WHICH IS UNITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING RIGHT NOW! KWANZAA IS CELEBRATED BY LIGHTING ONE OF THE SEVEN CANDLES FOR EACH DAY AND PRINCIPLE, FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF THAT PRINCIPLE. THE CANDLE SYMBOLIZES THE ENLIGHTENMENT WE RECEIVE FROM ONE ANOTHER DURING DISCUSSION
“IT MATTERS NOT YOUR RELIGION, THIS IS A CULTURAL HOLIDAY THAT IS OBSERVED GY PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS. THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES, OR “NGUZO SABA” IS INTENDED TO RESCUE AND RECONSTRUCT OUR “LOST” HISTORY AND “STOLEN” HUMANITY”. (THE AFRICAN- AMERICAN HOLIDAY OF KWANZAA: DR. MAULANA KARENGA{P.32})
CERTAINLY WE WILL DO WHATEVER MAKES US HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE, BUT BE CAREFUL, WHAT YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH. ALL IS NOT AS IT SHOULD BE. DARK/ HOLLOW TRADITIONS LEAVE NO ROOM FOR A HANDICAPPED PEOPLE TO GROW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST ~tony
...the best you can is good enough.
